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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1862
thankful-but His will be done! I will request Mr. Harrell who takes this letter to Austin, as we have no mails, to call on you and deliver it with some little requests. He is on business for the soldiers, and if you can help him in forwarding it, please do. He is sent by a meeting to obtain cloth at the penitentiary, by the Governor's order, to make clothes for the "Bay Land Guards," a company from this neighborhood. They are nearly naked and destitute, having lost all at the battle of Shiloh where we lost our son, though ·we still hope to reclaim him some day. Thy ever devoted Houston. All send love to you. Salute all our friends. Per Daughter Maggie. 1 The original letter is in the possession of Mrs. John Palm. Through the courtesy of Mrs. Ed. Palm, there is a photostat copy in The University of Texas Library.
To MR. FRAZER 1
Cedar Point, August 15th, 1862.
Mr. Frazer, Provost Marshal of Harris County, My Dear Sir, Having heard through Colonel William J. Mills and other persons, that inquiries had been made of them, and I understood by you, for persons in Cedar Bayou, who would be most probable witnesses against me. This has left me to infer that complaints, or charges have been lodged against me with you. Now, sir, I request you, if I am rightly informed, to com- municate to me the name of the author, or authors who have complained to you, or have made any charges against my loyalty to the Government. If it were possible for me to leave home at this time, I would call on you personally. I hope that you will be so good as to answer this letter by Mr. Parmer, as he is acquainted with its contents. You will at once, I hope, perceive the propriety and the fairness of my course. I claim no more than the humblest man in the community, and I am always ready to answer to the Laws of my Country. Sam Houston [Rubric]. 1From the Tem7>le H. Morrow Collection of Houston Materials, Dallas, Texas.
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